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re: Baton Rouge long term outlook
Posted on 4/24/26 at 11:54 am to Geaux2Hell
Posted on 4/24/26 at 11:54 am to Geaux2Hell
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Having these same types of thoughts for the past 24ish hours. Why the hell do I continue to live and raise my children here? It could have been any of our kids eating in that food court yesterday.
Thing is this. A very innocent girl and her friends came here from Lafayette to simply visit our town, and they end up losing a very bright, shining light in this world because some low-rent, worthless and vile piece of human shite has such disregard for life, that he could murder someone.
Someone who doesn't matter killed someone who did. Someone who should have never been given the gift of life here, only existing to TAKE AWAY someone who would have GIVEN BACK.
But this same, exact scenario could have happened at the Acadiana Mall. Or Lakeside in Metairie.
It's time to move away from this state and never look back.
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:10 pm to Outback Ray
I lived in BR from 1979-1999 and visited my folks often until they got the hell out of there in 2015. It’s sad to see the decline. Sure, BR had its problems back then but doesn’t hold a candle to what it’s like now.
Unfortunately things will not improve until there is a change in the justice system followed by a gigantic cultural shift. Baton Rouge and many other cities in the U.S. cannot vote their way out of it. There’s going to be a lot of pain in this world in the future.
Unfortunately things will not improve until there is a change in the justice system followed by a gigantic cultural shift. Baton Rouge and many other cities in the U.S. cannot vote their way out of it. There’s going to be a lot of pain in this world in the future.
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:14 pm to Outback Ray
Escape the darkness if you can.
Problem is that everyone else has this same idea. Eventually there won’t be anywhere to move to get away from the darkness because it always follows.
Problem is that everyone else has this same idea. Eventually there won’t be anywhere to move to get away from the darkness because it always follows.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:20 pm to Outback Ray
Outlook..,, Bleak..
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:27 pm to dukke v
BR is a great hub for large successful business that unfortunately some can’t escape, me included. Paired with some really good Christian private schools, it’s still a comfortable place to live for a lot of folks. All we can do is hope that something changes eventually. It isn’t a great place though, so you just have to enjoy places outside of BR when you can.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:28 pm to Outback Ray
Unfortunately it’s dying a slow and painful death much like the rest of the South.
It’s in the same basket as Jackson, Montgomery, Birmingham, Little Rock, Memphis and Columbia SC.
Demographics won’t change. The decent normal tax paying people are all leaving. They have zero incentive to stay.
It’s in the same basket as Jackson, Montgomery, Birmingham, Little Rock, Memphis and Columbia SC.
Demographics won’t change. The decent normal tax paying people are all leaving. They have zero incentive to stay.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:42 pm to turnpiketiger
Tired of watching the people doing things the right way being hurt by those who don't and either don't get punished for it or, worse, somehow get rewarded.
It's so difficult to not paint with a broad brush, but it doesn't even feel like a large segment of the population really wants to improve who and what they are as human beings. Moreover, they don't care how their lifestyle affects anyone else.
Everyone doesn't have a be an altruist or a philanthropist, but why is it so damn impossible to get to a point where everyone is a decent human being at both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum?
A friend of mine's husband was involved in a car wreck. The driver of vehicle that caused the issues is unlicensed and uninsured. Could have caused the deaths of four other individuals or changed their lives by paralyzing them. Two damn citations and their vehicle was still operable while three others were completely totaled. No English, a 20-year old vehicle, and low, if any wages, to garnish to make three other families whole again.
Make it make sense.
It's so difficult to not paint with a broad brush, but it doesn't even feel like a large segment of the population really wants to improve who and what they are as human beings. Moreover, they don't care how their lifestyle affects anyone else.
Everyone doesn't have a be an altruist or a philanthropist, but why is it so damn impossible to get to a point where everyone is a decent human being at both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum?
A friend of mine's husband was involved in a car wreck. The driver of vehicle that caused the issues is unlicensed and uninsured. Could have caused the deaths of four other individuals or changed their lives by paralyzing them. Two damn citations and their vehicle was still operable while three others were completely totaled. No English, a 20-year old vehicle, and low, if any wages, to garnish to make three other families whole again.
Make it make sense.
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:57 pm to Outback Ray
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Is there any feasible hope for BR to improve in the next 5 to 10 years?
I was just having this conversation with my mother, as my son is currently applying to LSU. Unfortunately, I don’t feel very optimistic about Baton Rouge improving in the next 5–10 years. Incidents like yesterday’s are not isolated or new, and meaningful change never seems to follow. Individuals with long criminal histories remain on the streets despite clear warning signs. The justice system has literally had these criminals in their grips, and yet they are repeatedly released with no effort for reform.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:57 pm to Michael T. Tiger
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It's so difficult to not paint with a broad brush, but it doesn't even feel like a large segment of the population really wants to improve who and what they are as human beings. Moreover, they don't care how their lifestyle affects anyone else.
The most infuriating part is that others in that community who are supposed to be better refuse to call it out. Or lip service is given while also assigning most of the blame to outside factors. It’s all so tiring.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:58 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
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Once the present and justified fear senses die down, unfortunately it will reinforce the irrational fear that will lift realistic concerns to unrealistic and overly broad levels. All people of color will be contained in said fear.
That’s just circular reasoning to avoid dealing with the actual underlying cultural rot. Calling concerns “irrational” doesn’t make the underlying real life data disappear as much as you want it to.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:06 pm to Outback Ray
Move to Lafayette…
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:22 pm to Outback Ray
No. That’s why I left with a heavy heart 15+ years ago. BR was never the same after Katrina.
If you won’t leave the region, the Northshore, MS Gulf Coast, or Felicianas are your best bet IMO.
Things change, not always for the better.
If you won’t leave the region, the Northshore, MS Gulf Coast, or Felicianas are your best bet IMO.
Things change, not always for the better.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:24 pm to Outback Ray
I am 70 years old, grew up in Kenner and later River Ridge
Mother was from Baton Rouge and we spent much time visiting our grandparents and attending LSU related functions
Baton Rouge once had a rather rural rhythm - even as it grew - I loved Baton Rouge and came very close to calling it home in 1980 - when I completed graduate school.
Spent the next 10 years in Shreveport/ Dossier City - wife's childhood home
Left for North Texas in 1990 and have never reconsidered returning though opportunities presented over the years
I can't fathom how Baton Rouge - much less any city of consequence under the leadership of Progressives could ever turn anything around - they just aren't skilled as a group in leadership/ management
Mother was from Baton Rouge and we spent much time visiting our grandparents and attending LSU related functions
Baton Rouge once had a rather rural rhythm - even as it grew - I loved Baton Rouge and came very close to calling it home in 1980 - when I completed graduate school.
Spent the next 10 years in Shreveport/ Dossier City - wife's childhood home
Left for North Texas in 1990 and have never reconsidered returning though opportunities presented over the years
I can't fathom how Baton Rouge - much less any city of consequence under the leadership of Progressives could ever turn anything around - they just aren't skilled as a group in leadership/ management
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:32 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
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Once the present and justified fear senses die down, unfortunately it will reinforce the irrational fear that will lift realistic concerns to unrealistic and overly broad levels. All people of color will be contained in said fear. Every one of them…type of chit.
You are not wrong.
However, the ones I speak to are not right.
At what point does the fear stop being irrational?
This is just in the last SIX months
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16-year-old charged with attempted murder after shooting during LSU football game
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Prior to the double shooting, there was a riot another block away on State and Highland streets. At this time, sources tell UWK it was a group of people, possibly doing donuts, jumping on vehicles and shut down the roadway. An officer was injured during the riot as well and had minor injuries.
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Police said they are investigating a shooting incident that took place while 225 Fest was underway in Baton Rouge. "It looks like a disagreement. A fistfight that broke out, then one or two subjects pulled out guns, fired," Baton Rouge Police Chief TJ Morse said.
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1 dead, multiple people injured after shooting at Louisiana mall
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A shooting in one of the parking garages at Perkins Rowe has left one man dead and another behind bars. It was around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9th. As soon as deputies did arrive they were alerted to a gun that had been tossed from the second floor of the garage. Upon recovery, that gun appears to be reported stolen with the Baton Rouge Police Dept. As of the investigation so far, it appears Howard and Carter were meeting in the garage when Howard claims he accidentally shot the man in the face
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Video shows little league baseball team and coaches running after shots fired nearby
This isn't happening at 1:00 am in a traditionally high crime neighborhood (other than the Gardere near Traction shooting...though that was at 11:45 am). It's happening during/before football games with 100k+ people on LSU's campus...in the afternoon near a festival in downtown BR...on Thursday just after lunch in the mall. And like it or not, the participants/shooters ALL fit the same profile. Is it happening every day, in the same places? Of course not. But it's frequent enough to give credence to the average person thinking that the possibility of being caught in the gunfire of a certain group at any point during the day in a public setting is not totally remote. And those groups are carrying guns that they have ZERO hesitation in using with even the slightest of provocation regardless of the setting.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:38 pm to wfallstiger
The only reason my spouse and I are here is because of parents. We will begin scouting for an alternate location soon and will probably go back and forth until they pass. At this point in my life, I don't even care to figure out why we are where we are. There will be good and bad people everywhere you go, however I want to live where there are many more good people than bad. I just don't want to deal with being subjected to injustice and evil on a routine basis. And those who are saying it's not that bad -- yeah, it's never as good or as bad as you think it is, but it has changed in a meaningful and bad way.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:39 pm to Outback Ray
Unpopular opinion around here but Baton Rouge is actually a pretty cool place. You could do a lot worse.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:40 pm to Outback Ray
The outlook is black. And that ain’t good. Yeah I said it. Sad what it has become. frick that culcha
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:41 pm to medium_okra
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see a continued downward spiral. I see a larger Jackson, MS
Jackson and “downward spiral” should never be paired together. People from all over the country try are trying to move there for a better way of life.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:49 pm to Outback Ray
Move out and make sure you check crime stats and percentage of ethnicity wherever you choose to go. It will make a huge difference in terms of your safety and security overall. Life is change. Make the change for your family. Best of luck.
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